Back to the start

There are loads of references to seasons one, two and three in Lessons, probably to make the idea hit home that Buffy was going “back to the beginning” (as Joss Whedon said it would before the season started). Xander says, “The last two Principals were eaten. Who’d even apply for the job?” He’s referring to Principal Flutie who was eaten by hyena-people in The Pack, and Principal Snyder who was eaten by the Mayor-demon in Graduation Day (Part 2). Buffy says to Dawn, “Stay away from the hyena-people” (referring again to The Pack), “or anyone who eats athletes or invisible people” referring to Go Fish where the school swim team turned into monsters, and also to Out of Mind - Out of Sight, when Marcie Ross turned invisible and caused trouble. Buffy tells the dead people, “I’m the one who dates dead guys”, referring of course to her past vampire ex-boyfriends, Angel and Spike; Buffy says she missed the heart when she first staked a vampire, which we saw in a flashback in Bargaining (Part 2).

   
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    Added: › 9th June 2005
    Updated: › 2nd December, 2005
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